The peptide transporter PepT2 is expressed in rat brain and mediates the accumulation of the fluorescent dipeptide derivative β-Ala-Lys-N(ε)-AMCA in astrocytes

GLIA

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 10-20

  Bauer, Karl ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

In situ hybridization; Neurons; Northern blot; O 2A progenitor; Oligodendrocytes

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIPEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OLIGOPEPTIDE TRANSPORT SYSTEM; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 0032889671     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(19990101)25:1<10::AID-GLIA2>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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